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Once sold a million vehicles, now two wheels have become four wheels! Can this 5-seat SUV from Youjia achieve another good result?

If you mention "self-traveling" to others, I believe that the answer you get will be unknown; but if you ask about the calf electric, it will be different. And the new car experience brought to you by xiaobian this time is the maverick - a product with two more wheels: self-touring NV. This newly created car brand is actually the third venture of Li Yinan, the founder of Xiaoniu Electric, this time, he chose the road of electric vehicles.

Since the first release of the official map of the Youjia NV is January 12 this year, the new car is positioned as a high-end medium and large 5-seat electric SUV, and provides pure electric and extended range hybrid two powertrains. Unlike those "PPT car" brands, The Self-Touring NV will be in small-scale trial production in March 2022, launched at the Beijing Auto Show in April, and officially rolled off the production line and delivered in September, with a fairly rapid speed. And this refreshing SUV, in the design and details have a lot of remarkable points, the following let the editor take you slowly to appreciate.

(Note: The vehicle photographed this time is an engineering verification vehicle, and the mass production version may differ in configuration and details)

Once sold a million vehicles, now two wheels have become four wheels! Can this 5-seat SUV from Youjia achieve another good result?

01

What brand is NIUTRON Self-Touring?

Once upon a time, electric motorcycles all over the streets often gave people the impression of being low-end and ugly, and had nothing to do with the sense of refinement and technology. It wasn't until the advent of Maverick NQi in 2015 that it began to change these stereotypes. The refined product matrix, excellent industrial design, marketing strategies that directly attack the psychology of young people, etc. are their magic weapons. This is not, now has the confidence of the Calf Electric Vehicle also announced to enter the automobile market, the company's car manufacturing project was established in November 2018, the brand headquarters is located in Beijing, Shanghai set up a research and development center, research and development and intelligent manufacturing base is located in Changzhou. According to official information, at present, Youjia Automobile has a core R & D team of more than 1,000 people, all from mainstream first-line automobile companies at home and abroad, with an average working experience of more than 10 years. In December 2020, Jiangsu Niu Innovation Energy Technology Co., Ltd. completed the registration with a registered capital of 50 million US dollars. By 2021, the company will move to Changzhou Jintan, and the registered capital will increase from the initial $50 million to $400 million.

On December 15, 2021, Niu Chuangxin Energy Technology Co., Ltd. released the English brand "NIUTRON" and the Chinese brand "Ziyoujia", which is Li Yinan's second venture after the listing of Xiaoniu Electric, and it is said that the brand will focus on the field of intelligent high-end new energy vehicles in the future.

Once sold a million vehicles, now two wheels have become four wheels! Can this 5-seat SUV from Youjia achieve another good result?

(The name NIUTRON is a combination of "Neutron" and "Niu", and the LOGO is a variant of the letter "N".) The brand's values are exploration, refinement, pleasure, free control, and ease of play, so the brand Chinese named "self-traveler")

Once sold a million vehicles, now two wheels have become four wheels! Can this 5-seat SUV from Youjia achieve another good result?

(As for the predecessor of Niuchuang Changzhou Jintan Base, it is the former Mahayana Science and Technology Industrial Park.) In the future, Ziyoujia NV will walk off the production line from this factory. It is reported that its Changzhou base covers an area of 770,000 square meters and has a production capacity of 180,000 units per year. )

02

"Urban Exploring" design concept

The self-touring NV design adopts the relatively square body line as the main tone, in line with the design concept of Urban Exploring, the front face uses a double-track ring lamp composed of LED light source, plus a dynamic thick-walled light guide LED, so that the front face looks similar to the topical Ford Bronco. In addition, even if the body size reaches 4915 mm in length / 1962 mm in width / 1745 mm in height, and the wheelbase is 2910 mm, due to the suspension roof, huge headlight area and other elements weaken the visual huge volume, the vehicle is not large in the photo, but exudes a bit of exquisite atmosphere.

Once sold a million vehicles, now two wheels have become four wheels! Can this 5-seat SUV from Youjia achieve another good result?
Once sold a million vehicles, now two wheels have become four wheels! Can this 5-seat SUV from Youjia achieve another good result?
Once sold a million vehicles, now two wheels have become four wheels! Can this 5-seat SUV from Youjia achieve another good result?
Once sold a million vehicles, now two wheels have become four wheels! Can this 5-seat SUV from Youjia achieve another good result?
Once sold a million vehicles, now two wheels have become four wheels! Can this 5-seat SUV from Youjia achieve another good result?
Once sold a million vehicles, now two wheels have become four wheels! Can this 5-seat SUV from Youjia achieve another good result?
Once sold a million vehicles, now two wheels have become four wheels! Can this 5-seat SUV from Youjia achieve another good result?

(Comparison of self-touring NV and mainstream 300,000 yuan class electric SUV size)

Once sold a million vehicles, now two wheels have become four wheels! Can this 5-seat SUV from Youjia achieve another good result?
Once sold a million vehicles, now two wheels have become four wheels! Can this 5-seat SUV from Youjia achieve another good result?
Once sold a million vehicles, now two wheels have become four wheels! Can this 5-seat SUV from Youjia achieve another good result?
Once sold a million vehicles, now two wheels have become four wheels! Can this 5-seat SUV from Youjia achieve another good result?

03

DigiLux "digital luxury" interior style: the details are designed with new ideas

At this tasting meeting, the interior design of the Self-Touring Home NV was disclosed for the first time, although the overall layout is the current common giant central control vertical screen design, but the Self-Tourer injected a lot of thoughtful details into the details, and called digiLux "digital luxury" style. The overall cockpit is simplified, minimizing the splicing process and stitching, such as the car dashboard frame using a rounded rectangular design theme, the upper dashboard using the entire IMG mother leather wrapped, etc., and strive to provide users with a minimalist, immersive and intelligent sight, hearing, touch, sensory driving experience. In addition, in terms of NVH control, in addition to the use of conventional sound insulation, vibration damping, sound absorption technology, the whole car is also equipped with double-layer laminated silent glass, and ordinary glass ratio, the car noise is reduced by 12%, and some special audio (such as treble wind noise) can be reduced by 50%.

Once sold a million vehicles, now two wheels have become four wheels! Can this 5-seat SUV from Youjia achieve another good result?
Once sold a million vehicles, now two wheels have become four wheels! Can this 5-seat SUV from Youjia achieve another good result?
Once sold a million vehicles, now two wheels have become four wheels! Can this 5-seat SUV from Youjia achieve another good result?

Although the car machine of the real-time shooting vehicle is not provided for trial, it is currently known that the new car will have a CarPlay function without a sense link in the future, and users can use smart wearable devices and mobile phones, such as apple Watch to unlock the car without sense. After entering the car, the mobile phone will also automatically connect to the CarPlay system in the car, and the navigation, audio, schedule, call, information and other Apps that conform to the user's personal use habits will be optimized according to the driving scene, and the mobile phone function will be naturally extended to the car system. In addition, users can also evoke the voice assistant Siri through voice or steering wheel buttons to achieve voice control of the car app and cockpit functions.

Once sold a million vehicles, now two wheels have become four wheels! Can this 5-seat SUV from Youjia achieve another good result?
Once sold a million vehicles, now two wheels have become four wheels! Can this 5-seat SUV from Youjia achieve another good result?
Once sold a million vehicles, now two wheels have become four wheels! Can this 5-seat SUV from Youjia achieve another good result?
Once sold a million vehicles, now two wheels have become four wheels! Can this 5-seat SUV from Youjia achieve another good result?
Once sold a million vehicles, now two wheels have become four wheels! Can this 5-seat SUV from Youjia achieve another good result?
Once sold a million vehicles, now two wheels have become four wheels! Can this 5-seat SUV from Youjia achieve another good result?
Once sold a million vehicles, now two wheels have become four wheels! Can this 5-seat SUV from Youjia achieve another good result?
Once sold a million vehicles, now two wheels have become four wheels! Can this 5-seat SUV from Youjia achieve another good result?
Once sold a million vehicles, now two wheels have become four wheels! Can this 5-seat SUV from Youjia achieve another good result?

04

GEMINI Twin Power Module System: Compatible with pure electricity and extended range

Regarding the power system of the new car, ziyoujia has not disclosed too much for the time being. However, according to the released information, it can be known that the new car will be equipped with the Gemini twin power module system, so that it has two choices of pure electric powertrain and extended range powertrain, similar to the strategy of Lantu Automobile to launch the first model. In addition, the new car will also be equipped with a smart electric four-wheel drive system as standard, with a zero hundred acceleration time of 5.9 seconds, and will also provide a variety of driving mode options.

Once sold a million vehicles, now two wheels have become four wheels! Can this 5-seat SUV from Youjia achieve another good result?
Once sold a million vehicles, now two wheels have become four wheels! Can this 5-seat SUV from Youjia achieve another good result?

05

Edit the review

For the positioning and concept of the self-touring NV, the official definition is "to create an electric SUV that can meet the daily commuting and have the temperament of outdoor exploration, so that the driving experience can be switched freely, the scene response is comfortable, and the whole scene is experienced.". However, it should be known that the self-tour home positioning is high-end, in this range, Tesla, ideal, Weilai either have brand appeal, or have a perfect electricity service, from the design level of the self-touring home NV, if you want to stand out from it, it seems that you need a clearer positioning and selling points to support.

However, we will soon see the market performance of the self-touring NV. At present, the new car has been carried out three rounds of engineering trial production, the R & D test mileage has exceeded one million kilometers, the first round of winter and summer tests has been completed, and the second round of winter testing is underway. With the completion of the transformation of the manufacturing base, The NV is expected to be produced in small batches in March 2022 and will be delivered to the first users at the end of September. Can the maverick electric performance be continued in the future? You may wish to leave a message to discuss.

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